Definitions for fair-weather

fair-weather fair-weath·er

Spelling: [fair-weth-er]
IPA: /ˈfɛərˌwɛð ər/

Fair-Weather is a 12 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 7 points.

You can make 430 anagrams from letters in fair-weather (-aaeefhirrtw).

Definitions for fair-weather

adjective

  1. used in or intended for fair weather only.
  2. weakening or failing in time of trouble:

Origin of fair-weather

First recorded in 1730-40

Examples for fair-weather

But I do not know, after all, 244 she continued, that I like fair-weather friends.

Blow me taught, but thourt a fair-weather fellow, too, to overhaul the Dons shiners!

The flying men at the front are not "fair-weather" aviators.

It is a fair-weather sign, whether upon the sea or upon the land.

As she said of herself a few years later, she was not a fair-weather friend.

You have it strong in your head then, and you know 'tis not all fair-weather work!

This entails letting go, lightly, of fair-weather friendships that no longer serve you.

"Ask him what he wants," I cried, turning to our fair-weather friend, the cook.

I am assured, at least, that in you I have but a fair-weather friend, a poor lipserver.

Frustrating as regulars find these fair-weather exercise interlopers, they were also all beginners once, he says.

Word Value for fair-weather
Scrable

7

Words with friends

7

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